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How do fab-spaces enable entrepreneurship? Case studies of 'makers' - entrepreneurs

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  • Letizia Mortara
  • Nicolas Parisot

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Fabrication spaces (fab-spaces), such as TechShops or Fab Labs, provide access to sophisticated digital manufacturing technologies to individuals. They could be a new institutional context which influences entrepreneurial behaviour. To understand how this might happen, we used a grounded approach to examine the experience of eight individuals who have benefitted from fab-spaces to push forward their entrepreneurial ventures. This examination led to the development of new hypotheses regarding the potential role of fab-spaces in the entrepreneurial journey. In particular, it has emerged that fab-spaces might affect the entry phase of a new venture by lowering the 'perception of performance' threshold. Fab-spaces also affect post-entry barriers, as they provide an opportunity to entrepreneurs for fast learning, and consequently, to establish effective routines. However, this paper also shows how these positive effects might be moderated by fab-spaces' institutional setup, chiefly their location and cultural characteristics.

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  • Letizia Mortara & Nicolas Parisot, 2018. "How do fab-spaces enable entrepreneurship? Case studies of 'makers' - entrepreneurs," International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 32(1), pages 16-42.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmtma:v:32:y:2018:i:1:p:16-42
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    5. Noni Symeonidou & Dawn R. DeTienne & Francesco Chirico, 2022. "The persistence of family firms: How does performance threshold affect family firm exit?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 59(2), pages 477-489, August.
    6. Fedoua Kasmi & Ferney Osorio & Laurent Dupont & Brunelle Marche & Mauricio Camargo, 2022. "Innovation Spaces as Drivers of Eco-innovations Supporting the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review," Post-Print hal-03590438, HAL.
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    8. Isabelle Liotard, 2020. "The fablabs in the heart of the city: the specificities of places in French-speaking Africa [Les Fablabs, Ateliers Au Coeur De La Ville : Les Specificites Des Lieux D'Afrique Francophone]," Post-Print hal-02419472, HAL.

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